Lawsuit: Reno police detective says she was told not to write a report about false facial recognition arrest (1 of 4)
A lawsuit alleges that a Reno police detective was instructed by superiors not to document a wrongful arrest made on the basis of a false facial recognition match. The case suggests an attempt to suppress an official record of the mistaken identification.
Why this matters: Someone got arrested for something they did not do, and a detective who knew about it was reportedly told to stay quiet on paper. That is not a technology failure anymore. That is a cover-up allegation. Facial recognition already has a well-documented record of misidentifying people, especially people of color. When police departments hide those mistakes instead of recording them, there is no way to track how often it happens or hold anyone accountable. The technology is only part of the problem. The paperwork that never gets written is the other part.
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